Table of Contents “...Dysphagia unplugged -- Normal swallowing in adults -- Adult neurologic disorders -- Dysphagia and head/neck cancer -- Esophageal disorders -- Respiratory and iatrogenic disorders -- Clinical evaluation of adults -- Imaging swallowing examinations : videofluoroscopy and endoscopy -- Treatment considerations, options, and decisions -- Treatment for adults -- Ethical considerations -- Typical feeding and swallowing development in infants and children -- Disorders affecting feeding and swallowing in infants and children -- Evaluating feeding and swallowing in infants and children -- Treatment of feeding and swallowing difficulties in infants and children....”
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Table of Contents “...Introduction: Definitions and Basic Principles of Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders -- Anatomy and Physiology of Normal Deglutition -- Instrumental Techniques for the Study of Swallowing -- Disorders of Deglutition -- Evaluation of Swallowing Disorders -- Management of the Patient With Oropharyngeal Swallowing Disorders -- Swallowing Disorders After Treatment for Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer -- Swallowing Disorders After Treatment for Laryngeal Cancer -- Swallowing Disorders Caused by Neurologic Lesions From Which Some Recovery Can Be Anticipated -- Swallowing Problems Associated With Degenerative Disease -- Medical Treatments for Swallowing Disorders -- Clinical Decision Making -- Multidisciplinary Management of Dysphagia -- Measurement of Swallowing and Intervention Strategies : The Future....”

Table of Contents “...Symptom Indices for Dysphagia Assessment and Management ; Cerebro-Vascular Accidents and Dysphagia ; Progressive Neurologic Disease and Dysphagia (including Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Post Polio Syndrome) ; Disorders of Appetite, Eating and Swallowing in the Dementias ; Dystrophies and Myopathies (including Muscular, Oculopharyngeal) ; Dysphagia Secondary to the Effects of Chemo and Radiation Therapy ; Swallowing Syncope ; Globus Pharyngeus ; Deglutition in Patients with Tracheostomy, Nasogastric Tubes and Orogastric Tubes ; Dysphagia Secondary to Systemic Diseases -- Upper Esophageal Sphincter Opening Dysfunction. ...”